I started to really get into Black Sabbath a couple years ago and went for the set, this set has the first 8 studio albums,in digipak sleeves, Black Sabbath, Paranoid, Master Of Reality, Vol.4, Sabbath Bloody Sabbath, Sabatoge, Technical Ecstasy, and Never Say Die! plus a bonus dvd with …

Revenga is a song by System Of A Down which appears on the first half of their double record Mezmerize/Hypnotize. Revenga opens up with some clean sustained guitar chords played above a pounding kick drum rhythm. The song then transitions into a much faster and more aggressive section which …

Baby You’re A Rich Man is a song by The Beatles which appears on their most psychedelic work, Magical Mystery Tour. I chose to include that this is their most psychedelic work because it helps me in describing the overall sound of the track. For some reason this used …

From 2002, Barry Manilow: A Christmas Gift of Love CD is a terrific salute to the holiday season. I love Christmas classics and I love Barry Manilow, so this was a natural CD to add to my music collection, and I wasn’t disappointed at all, except with the …

Rudimentary Peni released “Archaic” EP as their third installment to a string of EP’s released after “Pope Adrian 37th Psychristiatric”. These EP’s seemed to get better with each one, and this one keeps the streak alive. One of RP’s best records to date, the “Archaic” EP packs a hard …

Star Trek - The Next Generation: Music From The Original Television Soundtrack - The Best Of Both Worlds by Ron Jones is one of my favorite audio CDs to listen to because the music from both of these episodes is incredibly memorable and some of the best Star Trek …

If your looking for a great classic rock one of the cds I recommend is the Boston debut album released in 1976. This album was a collaboration with Tom Scholz as the man who did most of the work like producing the album recording most of the guitars,clavinet,organ, and …

David Bowie is the very definition of LEGEND in the music industry. I have been a fan of David’s for many years, and I actually heard about him from his films, not from his music. The specific film being Labyrinth, in which he was one of the main characters, …

It was obvious that this was going to be the last album by the band and so there must have been a tremendous amount pressure on the musicians. They definitely did not want to disappoint such a big number of fans. Of course the fans will always have their …

Slave is a song by The Rolling Stones which appears on their record Tattoo You. Slave starts off with a drum rhythm played on its own before the guitar riff comes in and out of the track and seems to have somewhat of a blues sound to it, the …

Eminem has always been an artist who I equally admire or loathe depending on the day. At his best I find him to be a brilliant, profound writer who really captures emotions and thoughts skillfully in his music and words. At his worst he is childish and …

My view on this album is quite different from that of most people and music critics. I read online that some included this album in their lists of the best albums of all time. But I personally do not understand what could make this album so appealing, so magnificent. …

R. Kelly ft. The Isley Brothers
“Down Low (Nobody Has To Know)”
R. Kelly
Jive/Zomba Recordings
Director: R. Kelly
R. Kelly follows up “You Remind Me of Something” with “Down Low (Nobody Has To Know)”, the second single and music video from his self-titled album, “R. Kelly”. R. Kelly decides to expand his horizons …

The River by Good Charlotte is a song about how beautiful can not stay beautiful. this song is about how this person got baptized in the river and now they believe. This song to me mainly talks about sins and how the kids should find their way back home …

The Beatles were great, they innovate and just reinvented music. There are lots of Beatles songs I love, but there are some I like the best. One of those songs is “The Ballad of John and Yoko” written by John Lennon. The song is a smooth rock n’ roll …

Ever since Arctic Monkeys burst onto the scene in 2006 with their debut album Whatever People Say I Am That Is What I Am Not there has been a growing interest about the British indie rock group. Combining lyrical wit with fast paced, edgy guitar sounds, the band …

The debut album by Aftermath Records artist Eminem titled �The Slim Shady LP� was released on February 23, 1999 and the Caucasian rapper and Grammy award winner became an instant success with his leadoff singles titled �My Name Is� and �Guilty Conscience� featuring Dr. Dre. The Slim Shady Lp …

Listening to this song when Im totally mad about something, it makes you realize what good music really is. It provokes an emotion inside of you, thats exactly what this song does. Eminem may be known for his dirty lyrics and choice language but he is one of the …

I really like this song. It’s absolutely the real thing that’s happening nowadays. I love how Christina sang this song which really gives justice to women. Even before women are being underestimated. They said that because we are women we cannot do this, we cannot do that. Other people …

Overview - Bark, Jefferson Airplane’s sixth effort, makes it clear that the band really isn’t what they used to be and don’t exactly have that same type of wonder that they used to. Bark features a lot of new concepts including a violin in a few tracks, a track …

Harder Better Faster Stronger is one of my favorite songs, with very catchy lyrics, and very simple beats. I love how Daft Punk uses a talk box along with their electric guitar to make the robot voices. Whenever I listen to this song, I just felt like the music …

While I have listened to many meditation music in the past, I highly recommend Brain Sync - Guided Meditation because of its quality. The good thing is, the CD comes with two versions - one with instructions which you can follow as you go along, and the other one …

Hate, Rain On Me is a song by Andrew Jackson Jihad and appears as the seventh track on their most recent release, Knife Man. Opening up with a guitar riff that is neither overly melodic nor overly aggressive, the band interestingly takes a fairly balanced approach to the tone …

Charged GBH- one of the most legendary and longest lasting bands in the history of UK punk. Since 1978, GBH has raised hell non-stop. Their releases, with sounds ranging from classic punk to metal, never fail to become an essential piece in any rock n roll collection. As if …

The progressive rock band Dream Theater, known for their long, winding, and technically complex music, also has a penchant for equally lengthy and densely packed live-concert DVDs; the recent “Chaos In Motion” is no exception.
Disk 1 an immense collection of 180 minutes worth of live concert footage, …

I love avril Lavigne so much since she came up first time with the single complicated and skater boy in her first album let go, so do in the second album under my skin. Her songs feels so rock.
But in the third album the best damn thing, I feel …

Overview - Endgame, Megadeth’s latest release as of 2009, is an album which introduces new guitarist Chris Broderick to the band and tries to recapture the essence and sound of Rust In Peace. Now although Megadeth doesn’t succeed at making Rust In Peace part II, obviously, they still …

After two years Helmut Lotti made a new cd : The Crooners. Helmut became popular because his classical cd’s. After these he made every year a new cd about a new item like : Africa, Latino Songs, Pop songs,and his previous one was : From Russia With Love.
I thought …

Taylor Swift’s song called, “You belong with me” is an extremely touching song that most teenagers can relate to.
It is about two neighbors, one being a boy and the other a girl. The boy is pretty popular; he is on the football team. The girl is kind …

Overview —“ Bonded By Blood, the debut album released by Exodus definitely established them as a thrash band to watch over. I think the only reason why this album didn’t receive a lot more attention, although it did still receive a lot, is because it was released in 1985 …

Lil’ Kim ft. Sisqo
“How Many Licks?”
The Notorious K.I.M.
Queen Bee Entertainment/Atlantic Records
“How Many Licks?” is the second single and music video from Lil’ Kim’s sophomore effort, “The Notorious K.I.M.”, following after “No Matter What They Say”. “How Many Licks?” is basically about all the men she’s been with and the …

Ransom “Pain & Glory (Co-Starring DJ Clue & Big Mike)” is a real good mixtape. Cosigned by both DJ Clue and Big Mike, Ransom is one half of the A-Team and he represents New Jersey. But with the split of Ransom & Hitchcock from A-Team, Ransom doesn’t …

Don’t Leave Me Now is a song by Pink Floyd which appears on their concept record, The Wall. I don’t really want to go into much explanation about the story which goes on with this song since it’s useless to explain without the entire context of The Wall. The …

Overview - Anthem Of The Sun, the second album by The Grateful Dead, departs from the simplistic songwriting that The Dead showcased on their self-titled debut album and departs into more experimental and complex songs. Most of these songs contain varying moods and energies just within the song itself …

Ranch Records actually has three locations, one in Salem, one in Bend, and one in McMinville, but I have never been to the other two, so I will concentrate on the Salem, Oregon Ranch.
Ranch is my favorite record store in the whole world. I recently went to San Francisco …

Attila is a metal band and they are pretty cool in so many ways and the main reason for me liking who they are would have to be that they make songs that are awesome. Songs such as deuce deuce and let me get a Newport are catchy songs …

Vempire or Dark Faerytales in Phallustein is a 1996 E.P. by the black metal band Cradle of filth. This was released on cacophonous records to fulfill the band contractual obligation. This is the band’s second release, it is better then the previous album in some ways, the vocals are …

Me and you from Cassie is one of my favorite RnB song. Everytime I listen it, I never bored and wanna dance though just move a little of my hands or my foot.
The song is very clear on the tempo, it’s not too up but not too low, just …

Faaip De Oiad is a song by Tool which appears on their record Lateralus. The song starts out with some synthesizers and background noise which sets up a very eerie atmosphere which surrounds this entire album. Thus far the sound is very unsettling and once the chaotic drum pattern …

Too Soon is a song by Animal Collective and is the final track on their fourth studio album entitled Here Comes The Indian. The impression I get from Too Soon is that Animal Collective yet again tries to recapture the relaxed sound that they had all throughout Campfire Songs …

Exploding/Reloading is a track by Scars On Broadway which appears on their self-titled debut record. To recap, the first two songs on this record have been Serious and Funny, the former being quite an aggressive and fast track while the latter being far more melodic and moderately paced. To …

Creeping Death, another one of Metallica’s more well-known songs, due to the fact that it was the opening song to so many of Metallica’s live concerts in the past few years, has to be one of my favorite Metallica songs on any of their albums and certainly on Ride …

New Potato Caboose is a song by The Grateful Dead which appears on their record Anthem Of The Sun. The track starts off with a mellow organ line followed by a clean guitar riff and a faint bass line as well. The track starts off fairly quietly before further …

Meet The Light Child is a song by Animal Collective which appears on their second record, Danse Manatee. Opening up with somewhat of a lazy drone-like sound, Meet The Light Child shares a problem with some of the tracks on Animal Collective’s previous album in that the vocals get …

Starting with the album title, this CD has all the markings of a band that is representing a 12-step program. But, do not let that deter you from one of the best albums ever. Yes, I said ever.
Opening with “The Package”, Maynard (the lead singer), …

Iron Maiden is a force to be reckoned with.This band is still touring and releasing music today.The Number Of The Beast was Bruce Dickinson’s first album.The band, the sound, and their mascot Eddie are icons of the Heavy metal genre.I first picked this album up when it was still …

I recently got one of Taking Back Sunday’s older cd’s, Tell All Your Friends. This CD immediately blew me away with the sheer intensity and passion in the album. The album proves to be such a gem that numerous bands today cite it as a huge inspiration. Songs such …

The Second cd from the Grammy Award Winning group Bone Thugs and Harmony was titled “E1999″ and it featured production by Easy-E and DJ U-Neek. The hit singles from this cd included “First Of Da Month”, “East 1999″ and “Tha Crossroads” which turned out to be the biggest hit …

The Ballad Of Ira Hayes is a track by Bob Dylan which appears on his album Dylan. Apparently this song is a cover which is actually something that I was not aware of, but then again, I do remember that at least a few tracks on Dylan were cover …

I came across this song while I was doing some music hunting on youtube. I had never heard of Clay Walker before this song, but now I cannot get enough of him and his music. This song is one of my favorite songs at moment. It is an absolutely …